A husband has hit out at the "ridiculous" 32 hours his wife was forced to sit waiting for a bed at an accident and emergency department. Kay Davies, 58, from Resolven, was taken to A&E at Morriston Hospital in Swansea by her husband Philip Martin on Bank Holiday Monday, as she began feeling very unwell, and vomiting.
In the last year, Morriston Hospital health care support worker, Mrs Davies, has had a cancerous tumour removed from her neck and underwent six weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She also has an aneurysm to the brain. Mr Martin, 59, praised the efforts of hard working staff at the hospital, but said he felt something had to be done to improve the issues surrounding the time patients were being asked to wait, claiming there was one fellow patient there who had been waiting for three days.
Swansea Bay University Health Board said there was an "unprecedented demand" on the hospital's A&E department over the Easter bank holiday weekend which had a "considerable impact on waiting times." Get Swansea stories straight to your inbox with our newsletter.
